permit

Definitions

WordNet 3.6

vpermitconsent to, give permission"She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband","I won't let the police search her basement","I cannot allow you to see your exam"

vpermitallow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting"We don't allow dogs here","Children are not permitted beyond this point","We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"

vpermitmake it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen"This permits the water to rush in","This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement","This will permit the rain to run off"

npermitthe act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

npermitlarge game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

npermita legal document giving official permission to do something

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Interesting fact:
There is a law in the state of Idaho that does not permit one citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that is heavier than 50 pounds

nPermitA large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.

PermitTo consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with."What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone."

PermitTo give over; to resign; to leave; to commit."Let us not aggravate our sorrows,
But to the gods permit the event of things."

PermitTo grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive."Thou art permitted to speak for thyself."

v. iPermitTo grant permission; to allow.

nPermitWarrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Interesting fact:
In Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the age of a person when they marry was dependant on the person's class. Those with a high social status were permitted to marry at a younger age.

permitTo suffer or allow to be, come to pass, or take place, by tacit consent or by not prohibiting or hindering; allow without expressly authorizing.

Ole was silent, but permitted the steward to remove at will the long, snarly white locks, which covered his head.

"Up The Baltic" by Oliver Optic

I can't permit anny railroad min on the Diamond K property.

"'Firebrand' Trevison" by Charles Alden Seltzer

For them, it was sufficient if Colonel Duval permitted it, or if it were the custom.

"In Her Own Right" by John Reed Scott

Parker give me the 'permit.

"The Watchers of the Plains" by Ridgewell Cullum

If she had, it is very likely she would not have permitted us to come in.

"Seek and Find" by Oliver Optic

In the months that followed Anne Dillon lived as near to perfect felicity as earthly conditions permit.

"The Art of Disappearing" by John Talbot Smith

Hence it is necessary that I should cease and permit man to go his own way.

"Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II" by Martin Luther

As a matter of prudence, Dandy permitted himself to be hit once on the side of the head.

"Watch and Wait" by Oliver Optic

But he was permitted to proceed no further.

"The Law-Breakers" by Ridgwell Cullum

He looked always upward as he walked, and went on as rapidly as his strength would permit, when suddenly he fell into a hole.

"Old French Fairy Tales" by Comtesse de Ségur

His Eminence knows that you will not permit Satan to make you reject that offer now.

"Carmen Ariza" by Charles Francis Stocking

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In poetry:

And when their master set them free,
They thought a week was sure remitted,
And thanked him that their liberty
Had been before the time permitted.

"Conquest Of Prejudice" by Charles Lamb

The Church of God does not a Turk admit,
Nor any one, that of true faith is void,
To her communion : Do not thou permit
A reprobate to be by thee employ'd.

"Advice To Ev'ry Master Of A Family, To Govern His House In A Religious Manner" by Rees Prichard

Not long is she permitted to enjoy,
This sweetest bud of promise to her given;
Short as an angel's visit was its stay,
When God, who gave it, took it up to heaven.

"Life's Changes" by Mary Ann H T Bigelow

They decree the crime:
Proud is the boyish tyrant that so soon
His slaves permit him to so great a deed
To give his favouring voice; and for the work
They choose Achillas.

"Pharsalia - Book VIII: Death Of Pompeius" by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

I watch that precipice of fear
You tread, naked in naked distress.
To that deep care we are committed
Beneath the wildness of our flesh
And shuddering horror of our dream,
Where unmasked agony is permitted.

"The Trance" by Stephen Spender

--O Prince, to Her
First placed, first honour'd in our love and faith,
True stay, true constant counseller,
From that first love of boyhood's prime,--to death!
O if thy soul on earth permitted gaze
In these less-fortunate days